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Leaders Get RealGuest: The Koren Brothers - Unlocking Your Authentic VoiceIsaac and Thorald Koren aren't your typical leadership consultants. Better known as The Brothers Koren, these 2024 People's Choice Award winners achieved the success they dreamed of, performing alongside global music icons like Coldplay, Pink, Bon Jovi and Rod Stewart. But at the height of their success, they pivoted in response to a greater calling. Now, they've shifted their focus to heartfelt work empowering individuals and teams to discover and express their authentic voices. Hear them discuss the "small voices" that inhibit us all and the powerful impact when a leader creates a safe environment for saying "Yes"...
2025-05-1458 minLeaders Get RealGuest: The Koren Brothers - Unlocking Your Authentic VoiceIsaac and Thorald Koren aren't your typical leadership consultants. Better known as The Brothers Koren, these 2024 People's Choice Award winners achieved the success they dreamed of, performing alongside global music icons like Coldplay, Pink, Bon Jovi and Rod Stewart. But at the height of their success, they pivoted in response to a greater calling. Now, they've shifted their focus to heartfelt work empowering individuals and teams to discover and express their authentic voices. Hear them discuss the "small voices" that inhibit us all and the powerful impact when a leader creates a safe environment for saying "Yes"...
2025-05-1458 min
Movie Deputy REVIEWSMiracle on 34th Street (1947)12 Days of Christmas (Day 7)
Original Review:
This is the original Miracle on 34th Street, the story that proved to us in a court of law that Santa Claus really does exist. Santa Claus is a fairytale or so we are told when we reach a certain age. But what if we’re really just misinformed? Sure there are fake Santa’s all around but what if one of them who calls himself Kris Kringle is actually him? Kris Kringle ends up on Santa’s sleigh at the Macy’s Department store Thanksgiving Day parade and ends up...
2024-12-2008 min
2024-01-2437 min
Leaders Get RealGuest: Shirzad Chamine - Author of Positive Intelligence Shirzad Chamine is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, Positive Intelligence: Why Only 20% of Teams and Individuals Achieve Their True Potential and How You Can Achieve Yours. Shirzad is the former CEO of the largest coach training organization in the world, CTI. He has trained faculty at Stanford University and Yale business schools. A preeminent C-suite advisor, Shirzad has coached hundreds of CEOs and their executive teams. His background includes a BA in psychology, an MS in electrical engineering, and an MBA from Stanford. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, and his son a...
2024-01-0449 min
Leaders Get RealGuest: Kim Scott - Author of Radical CandorKim Scott is a two-time New York Times bestselling author. In this chat, we talk about her first iconic book, Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity. Kim is a former tech executive, leading critical teams with founders at Google, Apple, and YouTube – and, she's been Coach to CEO's at Dropbox, Qualtrics, Twitter and more. Sheryl Sandberg, former Facebook COO & author of LeanIn says: "Reading Radical Candor will help you build, lead & inspire teams to do the best work of their lives." Gain insight on being a leader who cares personally but also...
2023-11-0849 min
2023-07-0237 min
Leaders Get RealLeadership Lessons with Ted Lasso - Episode 1 with Guest: Gary Ware, author of Playful RebellionPodcast Host Christy Tonge with Guest, Gary Ware. Gary picks his favorite scene that leads to a rousing conversation on this first in a series of leadership lessons from the hit Apple+ series Ted Lasso. Enjoy!
2023-05-2932 min
Leaders Get RealGuest: Maurice Brewster - Leading in Uncertainty - CEO of MosaicLeading in adversity is a topic Maurice Brewster, CEO of Mosaic Global Transportation, knows all about. As a premier provider to corporate clients in 400 cities, including Johnson & Johnson, Verizon, Google, Facebook and other Silicon Valley giants, Mosaic watched business go from 2000 trips a day to zero in an instant when Covid-19's Shelter in Place ended all employee shuttles and event transportation overnight. Mosaic was recently featured in a Wall Street Journal article on how businesses are being impacted by the Corona virus. Listen in for an authentic conversation on the topic of leading through uncertainty.
2020-04-1528 min
Leaders Get RealGuest: Michael Bungay Stanier - author of The Advice TrapMichael Bungay Stanier is the author of The Coaching Habit, the best-selling coaching book of this century. Written for time-crunched managers, parents or friends who want to be a little more coach-like, it's about discovering a "different way of being with people." His new book is The Advice Trap: Be Humble, Stay Curious, and Change the Way You Lead Forever. In our interview we chat about how to tame your Advice Monster and what it takes to stay curious just a little bit longer in all of our interactions.
2020-03-0552 min
Leaders Get RealGuest: Marshall Goldsmith - Author of TriggersMarshall Goldsmith is a world-renowned business educator and coach and leading expert in his field. His distinct ability to get results for top leaders has enabled over 150 CEOs, including the CEO of Ford Motor Company and the President of the World Bank, to achieve impactful change with his coaching. Marshall has authored 39 books, including NYTimes #1 best-sellers, Triggers: Creating Behavior Change That Lasts—Becoming the Person You Want to Be and What Got You Here Won't Get You There. He has been awarded America's #1 Executive Coach by INC and the World's Most Influential Leadership Thinker by Thinkers 50. In In...
2020-01-0952 min
Leaders Get RealGuest: Dolly Chugh - Author of The Person You Mean to BeDolly Chugh delivered one of the 25 Most Popular TED Talks of 2018 for good reason. Author of the acclaimed The Person You Mean to Be: How Good People Fight Bias, she's also an award-winning, tenured professor at the New York University Stern School of Business where she studies the psychology of good people and teaches MBA courses in leadership, management, and negotiations. Dolly has been named one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics (along with Pope Francis, Angelina Jolie, and Bill Gates) by Ethisphere Magazine. Prior to joining the NYU faculty, Dolly worked at M...
2019-10-2959 min
Leaders Get RealGuest: Steve Farber - Author of Love is Just Damn Good BusinessLong-time friend, a former colleague and best-selling author Steve Farber joins me as a Guest on LeadersGetReal. His fourth book, Love is Just Damn Good Business, will be released on September 6th. Steve has been named one of Inc's global Top 50 Leadership and Management Experts. He's currently an Inc.com columnist as well as a sought-after speaker who was named Huffington Post's #1 business speaker to listen to for 2017. Steve is also the author of Greater Than Yourself and The Radical Leap: A Personal Lesson in Extreme Leadership, which received Fast Company's Readers' Choice Award and was recent...
2019-09-0658 min
Leaders Get RealSpecial Episode: Authors Recommend Authors"There's no greater recommendation than when an author tells you to read someone else's book." When Guy Kawasaki, author of 15 books, said this in our Podcast chat, the idea bubbled up for an episode with great authors sharing what they have found to be great reads. From these compelling interviews with best-selling authors Liz Wiseman, Chip Conley, Doly Chugh and Guy himself, you'll fill your reading list with stellar books -- from must-read classics to fresh new releases. What leadership books do you think they suggested? And what are your leadership favorites?
2019-08-2259 min
Leaders Get RealGuest: Chip Conley - Author of Wisdom @ Work & Airbnb "Mentern"New York Times bestselling author Chip Conley is a rare entrepreneur who has disrupted his favorite industry...twice. At age 26, as founder of Joie de Vivre Hospitality, he took an inner city motel and turned it into the 2nd largest boutique hotel brand in America. Inspired by the work of famed psychologists Maslow and Frankl, Chip's books, PEAK and Emotional Equations, share his theories on transformation and meaning in business and life. His new book, Wisdom @ Work was inspired by his post-50-year-old experiences as both a mentor and unexpected intern at Airbnb. In this interview you'll hear t...
2019-07-2547 min
Leaders Get RealGuest: Ebony Beckwith - Salesforce Chief Philanthropy OfficerEbony Beckwith shared her favorite quote by Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff in our interview: "The business of business is to improve the state of the world."No doubt Ebony shares that passionate belief as Chief Philanthropy Officer for Salesforce where she leads a 40 person team responsible for engaging more than 36,000 employees in community service, as well as administering millions of dollars in grants to improve communities around the world. Ebony has been recognized as one of San Francisco Business Times' Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business. Ebony and her team have achieved meaningful results with their w...
2019-04-2539 min
Leaders Get RealGuest: Guy Kawasaki - On his new book, Wise GuyGuy Kawasaki is a Silicon Valley icon who first became known as Apple's Chief Evangelist, launching the MacIntosh with epic success in Apple's early days. From there he published many game-changing books: Selling the Dream, The Art of the Start, Rules for Revolutionaries, and more. His rich and varied career includes start-ups, venture capital, Garage.com, Advisor to Google, and now, a return to his role of Chief Evangelist with Canva, an innovative company aiming to democratize design the same way the Macintosh democratized computers. In our chat, we discuss Guy's 15th book coming out soon...
2019-02-2648 minLeaders Get RealPREVIEW - Guest: Guy Kawasaki - On his new book, Wise GuyGuy Kawasaki is a Silicon Valley icon who first became known as Apple's Chief Evangelist, launching the MacIntosh with epic success in Apple's early days. From there he published many game-changing books: Selling the Dream, The Art of the Start, Rules for Revolutionaries, and more. His rich and varied career includes start-ups, venture capital, Garage.com, Advisor to Google, and now, a return to his role of Chief Evangelist with Canva, an innovative company aiming to democratize design the same way the Macintosh democratized computers. In our chat, we discuss Guy's 15th book coming out soon...
2019-02-2002 min
Leaders Get RealPREVIEW - Guest: Guy Kawasaki - A Key to Evangelizing: Guy's Golden TouchGuy Kawasaki is a Silicon Valley icon who first became known as Apple's Chief Evangelist, launching the MacIntosh with epic success in Apple's early days. From there he published many game-changing books: Selling the Dream, The Art of the Start, Rules for Revolutionaries, and more. His rich and varied career includes start-ups, venture capital, Garage.com, Advisor to Google, and now, a return to his role of Chief Evangelist with Canva, an innovative company aiming to democratize design the same way the Macintosh democratized computers. In our chat, we discuss Guy's 15th book coming out soon...
2019-02-1302 min
Leaders Get RealPREVIEW - Guest: Guy Kawasaki - Leadership & Working for Steve JobsGuy Kawasaki is a Silicon Valley icon who first became known as Apple's Chief Evangelist, launching the MacIntosh with epic success in Apple's early days. From there he published many game-changing books: Selling the Dream, The Art of the Start, Rules for Revolutionaries, and more. His rich and varied career includes start-ups, venture capital, Garage.com, Advisor to Google, and now, a return to his role of Chief Evangelist with Canva, an innovative company aiming to democratize design the same way the Macintosh democratized computers. In our chat, we discuss Guy's 15th book coming out soon, W...
2019-02-0604 min
Leaders Get RealGuest: Lisa Lahey - Harvard Faculty & Author of Immunity to ChangeDo you have a personal improvement goal or a change you want to make at work that has proven resistant to your sincerest intentions, smartest plans, and best efforts? Discover a path to personal breakthrough from this Interview with Harvard faculty and 3-time author, Lisa Lahey, revealing deceptively simple insights from Immunity to Change: How to Overcome it and Unlock the Potential in Yourself and Your Organization. When Oprah Winfrey listed the Top Ten Things You Should Do to Start the New Year Right, number ONE on the list was, "Try the Immunity-to-Change approach." This ground-breaking, award-winning ap...
2019-01-0348 min
Leaders Get RealGuest: Justin Bariso - Author of EQ AppliedJustin Bariso is the author of the best selling book, EQ Applied, and one of Inc.com's most popular columnists. His thoughts on leadership, management, and emotional intelligence have been featured by TIME, CNBC, and Forbes. He has been recognized repeatedly by LinkedIn as a "Top Voice" in Management and Workplace Culture. In this age of instant communication, constant distractions, and major conflict, a high emotional intelligence quotient, or EQ, is more important than ever. But what exactly is emotional intelligence? And what does it look like in real life and leadership? In this interview, Justin shows us w...
2018-12-1345 min
Leaders Get RealGuest: Cam Barber - Author of What's Your Message?Explore the power of messaging in your leadership (and even your parenting) in this Podcast episode with the Author of "What's Your Message: Public Speaking with Twice the Impact Using Half the Effort. Cam's book has rave reviews from Jack Welch and Seth Godin CEO for Vivid Learning, a company which works with a number of international organizations including Walt Disney, BBC Worldwide, Fox Sports Johnson & Johnson Medical, and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Within this capacity, he not only oversees the direction of the company but also works as a speechwriter, messaging consultant and public speaking coach for his clients...
2018-11-1543 min
Leaders Get RealPREVIEW - Guest: Cam Barber - Author of What's Your Message?Explore the power of messaging in your leadership (and even your parenting) in this Podcast episode with the Author of "What's Your Message: Public Speaking with Twice the Impact Using Half the Effort. Cam's book has rave reviews from Jack Welch and Seth Godin CEO for Vivid Learning, a company which works with a number of international organisations including Walt Disney, BBC Worldwide, Fox Sports Johnson & Johnson Medical and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Within this capacity he not only oversees the direction of the company but also works as a speechwriter, messaging consultant and public speaking coach for his clients...
2018-11-1303 min
Leaders Get RealGuest: Jennifer Dulski - Facebook Exec & Author of PurposefulJennifer Dulski is the author of WSJ bestseller Purposeful and Head of Facebook Groups & Community. Jennifer shares eye-opening stories of leaders in business and social impact who effectively rally others around a common purpose. After rising in the ranks from an early Yahoo! employee to VP, Jen became co-founder and CEO of Dealmap, becoming the first woman to sell a company to Google. Next she became President & COO of Change.org, a social enterprise company that empowers people globally to create campaigns for c
2018-10-0339 min
Leaders Get RealPREVIEW (4 min) - Guest: Jennifer Dulski - Facebook Exec & Author of PurposefulJennifer Dulski is the author of WSJ bestseller Purposeful and Head of Facebook Groups & Community. Jennifer shares eye-opening stories of leaders in business and social impact who effectively rally others around a common purpose. After rising in the ranks from an early Yahoo! employee to VP, Jen became co-founder and CEO of Dealmap, becoming the first woman to sell a company to Google. Next she became President & COO of Change.org, a social enterprise company that empowers people globally to create campaigns for change.
2018-09-2504 min
Leaders Get RealGuest: Marcela Davison Aviles - Oscar Nominated Animated Film: CocoNominated for two Academy Awards, Disney/Pixar's Film Coco is being lauded for achieving its finest work yet in its cultural authenticity. The hidden figure behind this success is the lead cultural consultant, Marcela Davison Aviles. Coco is second only to Moana in largest openings for Disney/Pixar. One of the most incredible parts of Coco's success has been how it has resonated so deeply with the Mexican, Mexican-American and Latino communities across the world, while also managing to appeal to an international and non-Latino U.S. audience. A first generation daughter to Mexican parents...
2018-03-0142 min
Leaders Get RealPREVIEW - Guest: Marcela Davison Aviles - Oscar Nominated Animated Film: CocoNominated for two Academy Awards, Disney/Pixar's Film Coco is being lauded for achieving its finest work yet in its cultural authenticity. The hidden figure behind this success is the lead cultural consultant, Marcela Davison Aviles. Coco is second only to Moana in largest openings for Disney/Pixar. One of the most incredible parts of Coco's success has been how it has resonated so deeply with the Mexican, Mexican-American and Latino communities across the world, while also managing to appeal to an international and non-Latino U.S. audience. A first generation daughter to Mexican parents...
2018-02-2705 min
Leaders Get RealGuest: Liz Wiseman - Best-Selling Author of Multipliers (Part 2)Liz Wiseman is the New York Times best-selling author of Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter, and the Wall Street Journal bestseller Rookie Smarts. Liz is listed #35 on the 2017 Thinkers50 global ranking of management thinkers and named one of the top 10 leadership thinkers in the world. She writes for Harvard Business Review and Fortune, among many business and leadership journals. Her research has contributed significantly to the field of leadership and collective intelligence. Liz is a former Vice President at Oracle, where she worked for 17 years. She is now the CEO of the Wiseman Group, with recent cl...
2018-02-2035 min
Leaders Get RealGuest: Liz Wiseman - Best-Selling Author of Multipliers (Part 1)Liz Wiseman is the New York Times best-selling author of Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter, and the Wall Street Journal bestseller Rookie Smarts. Liz is listed #35 on the 2017 Thinkers50 global ranking of management thinkers and named one of the top 10 leadership thinkers in the world. She writes for Harvard Business Review and Fortune, among many business and leadership journals. Her research has contributed significantly to the field of leadership and collective intelligence. Liz is a former Vice President at Oracle, where she worked for 17 years. She is now the CEO of the Wiseman Group, with recent cl...
2017-12-0428 min
Leaders Get RealPREVIEW - Guest: Liz Wiseman - Author of MultipliersLiz Wiseman is the New York Times best-selling author of Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter, and the Wall Street Journal bestseller Rookie Smarts. Liz is listed #35 on the 2017 Thinkers50 global ranking of management thinkers and named one of the top 10 leadership thinkers in the world. She writes for Harvard Business Review and Fortune, among many business and leadership journals. Her research has contributed significantly to the field of leadership and collective intelligence. Liz is a former Vice President at Oracle, where she worked for 17 years. She is now the CEO of the Wiseman Group, with recent cl...
2017-12-0404 min
Leaders Get RealGuest: Steve Farber - Best Selling Author & Inc ColumnistLong-time friend, former colleague and best-selling author Steve Farber joins me as a Guest on LeadersGetReal. Steve's first book, The Radical Leap: A Personal Lesson in Extreme Leadership,received Fast Company's Readers' Choice Award and was recently named one of the 100 Best Business Books of All Time. His second book, The Radical Edge, was hailed as "a playbook for harnessing the power of the human spirit." His third book, Greater Than Yourself: The Ultimate Lesson In Leadership, was a Wall Street Journal® and USA Today® bestseller. Steve has been named one of Inc's global Top 50 Leadership and Ma...
2017-06-0638 min
Leaders Get RealGuest: Vanessa Russell - Tech Leader & Nonprofit FounderVanessa Russell has spent over 20 years leading technology and sales organizations in the tech industry. By day, Vanessa is a leader at Cisco Systems, running a 3.4 billion dollar global business, driving the adoption of new business models, products and services as a Senior Sales Business Development Manager, and leading a team of 22 systems engineers. On top of that, Vanessa is the founder of Love Never Fails, a non-profit dedicated to the protection and restoration of women and youth who are being exploited by domestic human trafficking.Love Never Fails has educated thousands of children and community members...
2017-05-2529 min
Leaders Get RealGuest: Terry Pearce - Author of Leading Out LoudTerry Pearce has authored four books; the most popular, Leading Out Loud, is currently in its third edition. He also wrote, Clicks and Mortar with then Charles Schwab Ceo David Pottruck, which was hailed by New York Times as the "best handbook for operating in the new economy of the internet." Terry is Founder and President of Leadership Communication, consulting with high-profile corporate, political and community leaders. Business Week magazine called him the "eminence grisè" of leadership coaches. He spent 17 years with IBM early in his career. In the 80's he worked extensively in citizen d...
2017-05-1037 min
Leaders Get RealGuest: Scott Kriens-Juniper Networks Chairman & Former CEOScott Kriens, Chairman and former CEO of Juniper Networks, has been in the tech industry for more than 35 years. Scott helped found Juniper in 1996. During his leadership tenure, he has served as CEO and now Chairman, growing the company to more than 10,000 employees in over 100 countries worldwide and $4 billion in revenue. Passionate about authenticity in relationships, in 2010 Scott and his wife Joanie founded 1440 Foundation, named for the 1,440 minutes in each day to live more connected, mindful and compassionate lives. Scott and the 1440 team are now building 1440 Multiversity, a state-of-the-art immersive learning destination opening in May 2017 i...
2017-05-0434 min
Leaders Get RealGuest: Jim Kouzes - Award Winning Leadership AuthorJim Kouzes is a bestselling author, an award-winning speaker and, according to the Wall Street Journal, one of the best executive educators in America. In this podcast, Jim discusses his most recent book, Learning Leadership. Jim is the co-author of The Leadership Challenge, which has sold over two million copies since its first edition and has been translated into 20 languages. Amazon describes The Leadership Challenge as, "the most trusted resource on becoming a leader." Other books by Jim Kouzes & Barry Posner include: Credibility, The Truth About Leadership, Encouraging the Heart, A Leader's Legacy.
2017-05-0229 min
Leaders Get RealGuest: Kirsten Wolberg - PayPal ExecKirsten Wolberg is a Vice President at PayPal. She was the executive who led the separation of eBay and PayPal into 2 public companies. Prior to leading that strategic effort, she was the VP of Technology. Currently, she is PayPal's Vice President of Talent. Kirsten has over 20 years experience in leading Technology, Product, Operations and Strategy. She served as Vice President of Technology at Charles Schwab. She also led salesforce.com's IT organization to the cloud as their Chief Information Officer, managing a $100 million dollar budget.
2017-05-0237 min